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Photo via Facebook Every so often we come across an artist that is taking a standard genre and just doing their own thing with it. They're not reinventing the entire world of music and what came before. They're working within the genre, but just doing their own unique thing with it. Felix Hatfield is currently doing that with folk. "That Kiss," which is a duet with Esme Patterson, is a folk song, but it's a folk song not quite like anything you've heard before, while still being solidly folk. Some of that unique feel is the use of horns and what might be windchimes, but that's not it. The entire structure of the song, while being traditional, feels completely unique the way Hatfield works it. The only true past artists I can compare this to is the Elephant 6 collective, which is high praise around these parts. You can watch the video for "That Kiss" below. False God , the upcoming album from Felix Hatfield, will be out October 23. For more on Fel...

No one is making music quite like Felix Hatfield. He started out in Vermont, and then moved out to Eugene, OR and is now in Portland, OR. His music is described as surrealist, and his latest single reflects that. "Nobody for Me" is based in fairly traditional folk, but through Hatfield's own unique lens. There's not one thing that makes "Nobody for Me" unique. It's not Hatfield's non-traditional voice or vocal delivery. It's not the interesting use of Jolie Holland for backing vocals, or the occasional horns that kick in. Or the barely there instruments than seem to meander in at will. It's how everything seems to blend together in such an interesting way, even though it sounds like it could all devolve into chaos at any moment.  You can watch the video for "Nobody for Me" below. False God , the upcoming album from Felix Hatfield, will be out October 23. For more on Felix Hatfield, check out his website .